Starting a family is an exciting time in most people's lives. There is so much to be thankful for when they decide to take this step. Every couple–gay or straight–loves their new addition. Raising well-rounded children requires establishing a solid support system for the children to grow up encouraged to do the right thing and to be competent decision makers.

Loving parents are able to provide support for their children as they are able to encourage their child’s unique talent. This is not limited to classes the parents might put the children in, but may include letting the child play freely and without interruptions.

Strong parents avoid labeling their children, but instead offer praise for demanding work. Parents who raise well-rounded children respect their children’s different learning styles. Loving parents read to their child. They encourage language development. They eat dinner together as a family.

In other words, loving families do what they can to support one another. Gay or straight, famous or non-famous, parents put forth the effort to give their child the best upbringing. It doesn’t matter what the family’s background is. Famous parents may or may not have the extra burden of shielding their children from the glaring eyes of the media.

15 Chely Wright Gets It Right

Chely Wright, a country music singer, came out publicly in 2010 and by 2011 she had announced her engagement to Lauren Blitzer. Wright’s musical career took a major hit when she announced that she was a lesbian, but that doesn’t seem to stop her from continuing to make music. She did leave the country music genre as she had received many death threats after coming out.

In January 2013, the pair announced that Wright was pregnant with twins, and in May their identical twin boys were born. Wright—for the most part—is very private about how she is raising her children, but she remains very vocal about gay rights and continues to be a gay rights activist. The couple is raising their children in New York City.

14 Matt Bomer—Surprise! He’s Out!

The White Collar actor married his beau, Simon Hall, in 2011. The two grew their family through surrogacy before they were married. Their first son was born in 2006 and their twin boys were born three years later. Matt Bomer never mentioned his sexuality or publicly came out until 2012.

Bomer and his husband keep quiet about their personal lives. He has said though that he and his husband felt it was important to raise their sons with a strong work ethic, manners and self-respect. He raises his children to pursue their authentic self.

His parenting style encompasses surrounding his children with love and acceptance. Becoming a parent has brought him and his partner closer together as they are now a family. Bomer’s sons definitely take after their fathers and are very smartly dressed kids.

13 Journalism’s Jenna Wolfe

Jenna Wolfe is a journalist who was a correspondent on NBC’s Today. In March 2013, she came out as a lesbian and announced that she and her partner, Stephanie Gosk, were having their first child together. Their daughter was born in August. Stephanie Gosk is also a correspondent on NBC News.

They expanded in 2015 with the addition of another little girl. Their two daughters have very well-spoken moms. That will help them later in life as there will be certainly nothing that they can’t charmingly talk their way out of. Wolfe is also a personal trainer and fitness expert; naturally, the girls will also have a very active, physical upbringing. It will help when they try out for school teams when they grow older.

12 Jillian Michaels Wins Big

The personal trainer and fitness guru who became best known for her tough demeanor on the show Biggest Loser has two children with her fiancée Heidi Rhoades. The pair adopted a two-year-old daughter from Haiti and Rhoades gave birth to their son the same month. The pair chose to adopt after they had visited an orphanage while they were traveling around somewhere in Africa.

After returning back home, the pair began the long process to adopt. While they were waiting for years, they decided to have a child. Michaels and her fiancée don’t regularly discuss their children, but they have been a big advocate for adoption and for adopting children in foster care as there are thousands of children in the United States without parents. The pair is raising their children in Los Angeles.

11 Jodie Foster Keeps It On The DL

Jodie Foster is an incredibly private person. In the early ’90s,she was suspected of being gay but never publicly announced it. It wasn’t until 2007 that she publicly acknowledged her partner, Cydney Bernard, with whom she had two children with. The pair has two sons together, whom Cydney gave birth to–the first born in 1998 and the second born in 2001.

The pair was together for 15 years, but they separated in 2008. Foster went on to marry Alexandra Hedison and continues to co-parent with her ex-partner. There is a lot of mystery surrounding whom the father of her sons is. She has said that she would reveal the identity of her sons’ biological father when they were 21. Foster decided to take on fewer projects in order to be more active in her sons’ lives.

10 Wanda Sykes Won’t Psych You Out

Before Wanda Sykes came out as a lesbian in 2008, she married her wife, a French woman named Alex Niedbalski, the month before. In 2009, Niedbalski gave birth to their fraternal twins. Wanda Sykes is also a comedienne and uses her children as material in her standup. As they grow older and are able to watch their mom perform, it might be embarrassing to learn all the things she has said about them.

Hopefully, they are raised with a good sense of humor; otherwise, they could be pretty peeved. Besides being funny, Wanda is very creative. She takes time to do crafts with her children because she wants to know what her children are really thinking. Art allows her to get inside her kids’ minds. She is always on the lookout for nefarious-looking things to ensure she has nothing to worry about.

9 Sara Gilbert—Late To The Party

Sara Gilbert, who is best known for Darlene from Roseanne and Leslie Winkle from the Big Bang Theory, began a relationship with Allison Adler back in 2001. Adler gave birth to their son in 2004 and Gilbert gave birth to their daughter in 2007. In 2010, Gilbert did finally confirm that she was a lesbian as she wanted to keep her personal life private.

After 10 years, she split with Adler in 2011. Gilbert began seeing Linda Perry and the pair married in 2014. Gilbert gave birth to their son in 2015. Gilbert co-parents with Adler while living with her wife and their child. Gilbert gave up acting to pursue a career in producing and Perry is a singer. Their kids will never lack for creativity with mothers as creative and forward thinking as they are.

8 Cat Cora Cooks Up A Custody Case

Cat Cora and Jennifer Cora had been together 15 years before they tied the knot. The pair had four children together. Jennifer was implanted with Cat’s fertilized eggs and Cat was implanted with Jennifer’s fertilized eggs.

Their eggs were fertilized with the same donor’s sperm. The pair has four children in total together born within a very short window. After two years of marriage, the couple chose to end their relationship. The split between the two was less than friendly and they fought bitterly over their children.

Jennifer Cora sought full custody of their children, but the two women share custody of their four sons. In 2016, Cat began dating Nicole Ehrlich and subsequently became engaged in 2017. Ehrlich has two sons from a previous relationship, so the pair co-parents six boys.

7 Rufus Wainwright—Lyrical Inspiration Abound

In 2010, singer Rufus Wainwright became engaged to his boyfriend Jorn Weisbrodt, a world-renowned Arts administrator. He is responsible for several art festivals. Wainwright announced in 2011 that he and a childhood friend, Lorca Cohen, had a child together in what was described as a parenting partnership. The three of them work together to parent their daughter.

In 2012, Wainwright and Weisbrodt married in New York. The child that they raise with Lorca will never lack for a creative spirit as music and art flow freely in their house. With a dad who is an art critic, the child’s art work will be looked over with a thorough eye. She may take after her other father and be an amazing musician. Without a doubt, she will play at least one instrument.

6 BD Wong Got It All Wrong Before Turning Things Around

BD Wong and longtime partner Richie Jackson chose to become parents in 2000. The pair used Jackson’s sister’s eggs with Wong’s sperm to implant into a surrogate. The pair was expecting twins, but tragedy struck. One baby boy died 90 minutes after he was born.

The pair has a healthy son now, but the first few months of his life were spent in a neo-natal care unit. In 2004, the pair separated. The stress of losing a child together became a wedge between the pair.

They chose to co-parent and Wong sees his son every weekend. Their son will no doubt be encouraged to express himself; after all, his father is an award-winning stage actor. Creativity and self-expression are highly encouraged in their house.

5 Nate Berkus Designed His Perfect Life—With A Man

Nate Berkus and husband, Jeremiah Brent, welcomed their first child in 2015, a year after the pair got married. The duo are interior designing superstars and have a show on TLC called Nate & Jeremiah by Design. They even have an interior design collection at a major retailer. Their daughter is very fortunate to have such awesome dads who can teach her techniques on how to perfect a space.

On their Instagram photos, this little girl is always impeccably dressed. She looks like she is ready to take on the micro-fashion runway. Her room is something out of a dream. It doesn’t hurt to have two very creative dads who have an eye for color and great taste. More important than living in a beautiful house and wearing adorable clothes is having parents who love her more than anything.

4 Denis O’Hare—We Never Suspected Him

Denis O’Hare is an actor known for his performance on The Good Wife, True Blood and American Horror Story. He and his husband Hugo Redwood adopted a little boy. Their journey to having their son was a long-fought one. They were first foster parents to their son.

Three years after they began fostering their son, they legally adopted him. His father will no doubt be a positive influence on his life despite playing some seriously disturbed characters on screen.

O’Hare and Redwood are avid travelers when O’Hare is not on set. They have traveled all over the world with their son. They have even traveled to countries were being gay is very frowned upon. Their son is being exposed to many different cultures while being raised by two loving parents. What a lucky guy!

3 TLC’s Vern Yip Goes Food Network On His Kiddos

Vern Yip became a household name on TLC’s Trading Spaces and is now a judge on HGTV’s Design Star. He married his partner Craig Koch and the two have two children together–a boy and a girl. They are raising their kids in Atlanta.

The two eat very well for kids their age because they enjoy tasty food like Brussel sprouts, broccoli and sriracha on eggs. The kids have such mature palates because they travel with their children all over the world so they are exposed to so many different types of foods and cuisines.

The children are also very fortunate to have a dad with a great sense of design. Their houses are beautifully designed and naturally the kids have awesome bedrooms. Much like their taste palate, the kids’ rooms also have a sophisticated color palate.

2 Cheyenne Jackson Landed Jason Landau

Cheyenne Jackson—the actor known for his work in Glee and American Horror Story—married Jason Landau. Not long after, the pair announced that they would be fathers. They welcomed their boy/girl twins in 2016 via surrogate. The pair raises their twins in the cute bungalow in the Hollywood Hills.

Their house is beautifully decorated. When the children arrived, they swapped out furniture that wouldn’t be suited for children to more kid-friendly furniture without comprising their effortless style. Their twins’ nursery is no exception as it is easily the most beautiful and utilized room in the house.

Having fathers with a great sense of style will help them later. The kids not only have a beautiful room, but their clothes are always adorable. They are very fortunate to have such smart-dressed dads.

1 Matt Dallas Isn’t Blue With Hubby Blue Hamilton

Almost a year after Matt Dallas—the star of Kyle XY—and singer Blue Hamilton tied the knot, they legally adopted their son. It was a lengthy process to be allowed to adopt the boy. The pair first had to be certified foster parents who would hopefully be allowed to adopt. They were given their son as a foster child when he was 22 months old.

After he was in their home, they could apply for adoption. The couple has a YouTube channel together, which is the platform they used to announce the adoption of their son. Hopefully, they will raise their son to be talented like themselves. Regardless, their son has a very cool sense of style as the dads are always posting pictures of their son in the hippest toddler fashion trends.

Sources: Just Jared, SCO, People, Live Ramp Up, New York Times